Olympic champion, Clarisse Agbegnenou became the mother of a little Athena last June. Filled by her daughter, she is also fulfilled by her companion, Thomas Grava.
Even better than an Olympic gold medal or a world championship title. Emeritus judoka, Clarisse Agbegnenou became a mother for the very first time on June 15th. On social networks, she then revealed a first photo of her little girl with a very original first name. “My companion and I are happy to welcome our little girl Athena. Everything went very well and everyone is fine”, wrote the one that will be part of the Miss France 2023 jury this Saturday, December 17. Since then, it is with her companion that Clarisse Agbegnenou savors the first months of her baby. Rather discreet about her couple, the Olympic champion revealed for the first time the face of her darling on November 2, 2019 on Instagram. “My alter ego”, she wrote in the caption of a snapshot with Thomas Grava.
A graduate of STAPS at the University of Grenoble-Alpes, Thomas Grava graduated as an osteopath in 2021 at the Institut Supérieur d’Ostéopathie de Lyon and has a pediatric and perinatal specialty. First settled in Grenoble, the professional now works in Choisy-le-Roi in the Paris region. And the least we can say is that he is impressed by Clarisse Agbegnenou. “She’s a great mom. confided Thomas Grava in the columns of Parisian, a few weeks after the birth of their little Ahéna. She was already very mature, organized and protective, it went up a notch with the birth of Athena.” Together, the lovers raise their little girl in love and a cozy nest.
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“We don’t yet know exactly how we’re going to organize ourselves, but from Clarisse’s pregnancy, we were aware that one of us was going to have to make sacrifices. It was quite logical that it was me”added Thomas Grava to our colleagues. For his future wife to train better on the tatami mats, the young dad is ready to put his career on hold. “There are two years left until the Olympic Games in Paris, so I will make sure to follow Clarisse to take care of Athena. There was never any question of Olympic preparation being done without her, it is important that Clarisse maintains this very strong bond with his daughter, it is she who gives him his strength”, he lovingly described. Filled with Athena, Clarisse Agbegnenou is happy to have become a mother before the Olympic Games in Paris.
“For me, two years before Tokyo, it was starting to take on big proportions. And then there was the Covid, and I knew that I couldn’t put off my desire for a child for much longer.confided the champion in the columns of The Team Magazine. But there was the Paris 2024 challenge, which is so enticing. So how to do ? It was a lot of questions. I thought a lot, discussed with my relatives. There were even difficult moments. You are so torn…” Since the birth of her daughter, Clarisse Agbegnenou has been training to put her title back into play in Paris. Afterwards, she may think about expanding her family with Thomas Grava, the man who makes her heart beat.